US1861171A - Penholder - Google Patents

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May 31, 1932- o. ZIMMERMANN 1,861,171

PENHOLDER Filed May 24, 1929 ATTORNEYS jy A primary object of the present invention .v Mounted'in cavity 21 is an vinsert 23 of- Pafented May 341, 1932V NT orner erro or man, cnam PEN'HO 1 Application med Hay 24, 1

This invention relates to pen holders, and j more particularly to desk pen holders especiall adapted for the reception of pens of the ibuntaln pen type.

is to provide a pen holder wherein the parts are separable and the movable part is capable of being moved and adjusted'universally and of being held solely-by friction in any ad-A justed position.

A further object of the invention 1s to provide a pen holder wherein the movable membenor part is large enoughy to recelve a pen-holding tube within its confines and 1s heavy enough to coact with a frictional seat for the Aestablishment of a stable grip or hold.

Another object of the invention is to provide a pen holder whichcan be manufactured in an easy manner, which has a simple con-y struction, and which has an attractive ap` pearance.

Other yob'ect's and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description taken in'conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig.

1 is a sectional view of one embodiment of my v invention;l Fig. 2 shows a plan view of the base of the pen holder illustratedy in Fig. 1; 3 Fig. 3 is a side elevation of F ig. 1, partly in section, .with the pen-holding member inclined fromthe'perpendicular; vand Fig. 4 represents a modified pen-holding member.

Referrin more particularly tol Fig. 1 the reference c aracter designates a'base of my improved pen holder. The baseis preferabl made of some heavy material such as jinete stone or the like. In the 'present in` stance, Vonyxis used for the base because of its vattractive appearance. `To the bottomof the base a felt mat 22 is affixed to revent scratching of a. desk or other` piece -o furni. ture upon which Y, the pen holder ,may be placed. In the upper part of bas'ek 20 a hol,- loa7 cavityor hole 21 is cut. The hple 2ll is illustrated s having acylindrical shape althoigh o er appropriate shapes may Abe use "o metal or other suitable material. The insert tion of the insert is preferably develo ed as a bowl or spherical concavity 26.7

ofthefountain pen mounte bular member 51 whic is secured -by a flan Lum 929. serai No. assises. I

preferably 1s soconstructed as to provide a iange or shoulder l24 adapted to engage the surface of base 20vv contiguous to the periphery of the cavity and to provide a channel 25 adjacent to the ange 24. The central port the center of the bowl a screw -27 projects through tle insert to engage a lug 28 so as te secure insert 23 fixedly and tightly to the eo base 20. Within channel 25 a friction ring 29 of soft rubber or the like' is seated to provide/ a frictional seat. On this seat a relatively large and heavy body 30, preferably of er spherical shape, is placed. The body 1has a spherical bottom and a cylindrical bore '31. Firml seated. in the bore is a pen tube 32 held rom slipping downwardly into bore 31 by collar or shoulder 33'. This pen tube im may be of any suitable t' especiallyadapted for the reception of ountain pens. Toseliminate an possibility of the pen tube being accidental y removed or dropping out, s the' tube can be/cemented or otherwise bonded/175 orsealed in the bore.

By the aforesaid arrangement'of elements a desk pen holder is provided which has a body member capable of being moved in any direction in `the rubber seat and which hasV suiiicient frictional drag between the movablebody memberand the base member tov hold the body member in an adjusted position and to resist the turnin or tilting effect in the pen tube.

Insome instances, I may use `a modiied body member suchA as illustrated in Fig. 4. The modified body member has a hollow shell 50, preferably ofspherical shape and metal character. Projectin in the .shell is a t1 90g 52 to the outer surface of the shell.v Withln this tubular member a modified. pen tube 53 is seated or sealed. This tube consists of a closed bottom member 54, an intermediate ring 55 and a mouth ring 56.

' A pen- 'pp' washer 57 of rubber is clamped be ween Vttom Amember 54 and intermediate' 55. by s'crewin [the latter.

two' parts together by means o threads' 58 l lwhile a second pen-gripping washer 59is clamped between the mouth ring 56 and the intermediate vring 55 by screwing the two rings together by means of threads 60. These two rings can grip the head of a fountain pen and can holdthe pen firmly 1n position. Tok give stability to body member 50, I add heavy ballast `such as buck-shot 61 to the interiorV of the hollow shell 50. The shot lo is added to the shell through tubular member 51 before the pen tube is sealed therein. Openings 62 at the bottom of tubular member 51 permit the shot to .pass into the space within the shell. With this arrangement relatively large body members can be made from sheet metal and filled with buck-shot to give weight thereto. -The modified body member can be used in place of the body member illustrated in the other figures of the drawings.

It is to be observed that although I have described specific embodiments lof my in-- venton, the invention is not tobe restricted to such particular embodiments. Various modifications in detail and in the arrangement of the parts may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the invention.

I claim:

i. A pen holder comprising a base having an open shallow concavity, substantially less than a semi-sphere', in the upper surface thereof, a metal. insert mountedin said concavity and 'provided with a relatively naru row frictional element iixedly incorporated in the periphery of said metal insert, a relatively 1arge, heavy body of substantially spherical shape seated in said insert, the extent of the surface of said body in contact with the surface of said element being suicient to retain said body :frictionally seated, while permitting practically universal motion of said body, within said insert, the extent of the surface of said body not in conu tact with the surface of said element being suicient to permit of the body being grasped by the hands for the purpose oi removing the l same from said base, and a pen tube embeddedin, and frictionally retained within,

o said bodyfor receiving the head portion of a pen and permitting the remainder of the pen to project outwardly from said body.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

u OTTO zIMMEMMANN.`

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